DPMs Singh and Paudel take oath of office and secrecy

KATHMANDU: President Ram Chandra Paudel administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly-appointed Deputy Prime Ministers Prakash Man Singh and Bishnu Prasad Paudel today.

They took the oath of office and secrecy  amidst a special ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, Sheetal Niwas this morning.

Singh took the oath as the DPM and Minister for Urban Development while Paudel as the DPM and Minister for Finance.

Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Chief Justice Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, Speaker Devraj Ghimire, National Assembly chair Narayan Prasad Dahal, outgoing Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, former Prime Ministers Sher Bahadur Deuba, Jhalnath Khanal and Dr Baburam Bhattarai, leaders of various political parties, lawmakers, chiefs of security agencies, heads and representatives of foreign diplomatic missions in Nepal and distinguished persons contributing in various fields of social life were present in the ceremony.